Cabinet Doors And Magic Wands
We’re a little late getting this posted this week and we might be running the same (late) schedule over the next 2 weeks but bear with us– I promise we’ll get back on track again soon.
Mary Lynn managed to almost completely finish her 4 cabinet door inserts while at home this week! She came in with them all soldered and ready for touch ups that were hardly needed at all. I don’t know how she managed to find the time to get all this work done or how she managed to do it so competently on her own, but she certainly did it! Here are the four inserts completed and then a closeup of one of them.
Janice and Grace have decided to work on a project together. The original design was a simple rose set in some clear glasses, but in the end they voted on a more complex scene with herons and magnolias. It’s based on a window that Mark did a few months back but this one has been elongated. I think this one will be much better looking and also more rewarding to make than their original design.
Speaking of Mark, guess who was back this week? He worked on wrapping the rest of his second magnolia window and it looks like he may be soldering it next week. He still needs to pick a border but this is VERY close to being finished. It was good to see Mark again and we’re glad to have him back.
Joey finished grinding and wrapping the second to last of his large cabinet windows. After these are finished he’ll be working on 3 more similar but smaller windows Here’s a look at what he got accomplished this week.
Ellen cut the clear baroque background out for her magnolia window and then ground it, wrapped it, and tacked it together. After that Mark and I helped with her big decision…what color should the border be? She had 3 choices and in the end we all agreed that the blue-green semi transparent piece she had looked the best. So we learned how to make a round border pattern that’s even all the way around and then we got the glass cut and ground. Ellen will be finishing this window in 2 weeks when we see her again. Look for this window to be be finished and hanging in the sunlight.
Denise had worked on her grape window while she was home again and got one complete section of grapes finished. While she was in class she cut the remaining leaves and brown stems. After they were ground she wrapped them and tacked them all together. She’s not sure about the darkness of the glass she used for the grapes themselves but we’ll see if she decided to redo them when she comes in again in 2 weeks. Right now I think it looks great!
Gerald got the house section of his window completed along with some of the bushes and the skyline. I suspect that all of this section will be cut out next week when we see him again. With the top section of the trees redone I think this window is really shaping up. If you look closely you can see the original painting that this pattern was taken from above the glass that is cut out.
Last this week are Cheryl’s magic wands. She was able to get all the staffs decorated and then soldered before getting a jewel and a crystal soldered on each end of one of the wands. Once the marbles are attached (which they are on one of the wands) all that’s left is the basic decorating. I like the different designs Cheryl came up with the staffs. Here’s one wand almost complete and a quick look at the remaining center sections of the wands that she’s making.
    
This posting is more than a little late this week but we’ve been completely swamped this past week. I promise that this will be out on a more timely fashion next week!